Introduction

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Central Long Beach Best Start Geography

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Description about Central Long Beach

This space can give a verbal summary of the communities that live in Central Long Beach beyond the demographic graphs. Demographic information that isn’t graphed can also be put here to limit the number of graphs on one page. Additionally, a description about why this project is focusing on children 0 to 5 and elaborate more on the purpose of this webpage and its intended uses.

About The Nonprofit Partnership.

Our mission is to build the capacity of nonprofits so they can make positive change in their communities. Our vision is successful nonprofits supporting thriving communities. NOTE this space can also be used if you want to highlight partners, your website, etc.

Overview

Overview

Condition of Children Summary


Here is where we will describe the criteria we used to assess the condition of children Region 4. We will be comparing each of the indicators against the California and Los Angeles County rates, and assess equity by calculating and comparing index ratios.

Health
Built Environment
Education
Economic Wellness
Child Safety
Uninsured Rate Better Asthma hospitalization Worse Pre-K/Infant Toddler ECE Access Better Child Poverty Better Preventable Child and Youth Death Better
Prenatal Care Worse Air Pollution Worse Access to Child Care Centers Better Rent Burden Worse Substantiated Child Abuse Better
Infant Mortality Worse Public Transportation Worse High School Graduation Rates Worse Median Household Income Worse Child Welfare Better
Low Birth Weight Better Proximity to Hazards Better College Readiness Better Supplemental Nutrition Better Juvenile Arrests Better
Preterm Births Worse Park space Better Chronic Absenteeism Better Internet Access Better Use of Force Worse
Teen Births Better Access to food Better School suspensions Better Family Unemployment Worse Gun injuries and hospitalizations Worse

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Summary of Findings

In this section we can summarize how Central Long Beach is performing across the different categories of indicators and provide more context to supplement the table.

Health

  • Central Long Beach performed better than Los Angeles County on three out of the six health indicators
  • All of the health indicators related to maternal health and birth outcomes require improvement

Built Environment

  • Unsurprisingly, Region 4 performs poorly on the built environment. This is largely due to the region’s proximity to several severe pollution sources.
  • Health outcomes tied to air pollution are also doing poorly as a result of the poorer air quality in this area

Education

  • Central Long Beach is performing strongly in education for K-12 students and toddler across five out of the six indicators
  • High school graduation rates are still an area of improvement for Central Long Beach

Economic Wellness

  • Central Long Beach is performing average on economic wellness, with three out of the six indicators performing better than Los Angeles County
  • Financial burden indicators, such as median household income, unemployment and rent burden illustrate a clear need for financial relief for families

Child Safety

  • Central Long Beach is performing strongly on child safety, with four out of the six indicators outperforming Los Angeles County

Demographics

Demographics

Children Age 0 to 5

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Central Long Beach

Los Angeles County

Health

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2018 ACS 5-Year Estimates

4.2% of Children Age 0-8 in Long Beach are Uninsured

Uninsured Rate for Children Age 0 to 8

Total Uninsured Total Population Percent Uninsured
Central Long Beach 2,232 52,650 4.2
LA County 308,290 8,985,144 3.4
Wilmington 1,782 51,044 3.5

Total Uninsured Population

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Community Voices

This section can be used to place anecdotes from community members on their experiences related to being uninsured or accessing care. Ideally whatever narrative we put on this space complements the data points we decide we want visualized on this page. Within this text we can link out to additional websites, data sources, etc.

Built Environment

Description about why built environment indicators are important especially given the location of Central Long Beach and its proximity to severe pollutants.

Education

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Unmet Need in Early Childcare Education (ECE) for Infant Toddlers

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Community Voices

This section can be used to highlight specific stories from families or providers on early education. Ideally whatever narrative goes here supplements the data indicator we choose to have visualized. Stories can be paraphrased here with links out to a separate page with more fleshed out stories, or a partner can be lifted up here and then the text can link out to their website.

Economic Wellness

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U.S Census Bureau

The Median Household Income in Long Beach is $63,017

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U.S Census Bureau

The Median Gross Rent in Long Beach is $1,324

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Child Safety

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Substantiated Child Abuse

The California child welfare system is known for longstanding racial disparities and disproportionality. California and Los Angeles County have slowly and steadily reduced rates of substantiated child abuse. However, the current state of child welfare is difficult to gauge, because of simultaneous COVID-related increases in risk factors for child abuse and decreases in abuse reporting

Injuries from Incidents with Law Enforcement

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Child Maltreatment


More than 22,000 LA County children under 18 had substantiated child maltreatment allegations in 2019, the last full year and most local geography for which data are available. With a child population of over 2.2 million children, this equates to a rate of 10.2 substantiated allegations of child abuse per 1,000 children.

Maltreated Children Children Under 18 Maltreatment Rate
Los Angeles County 22,815 2,231,467 10.2
California 69,652 9,061,651 7.7

Community Voices

This space is for community stories or anecdotes from partners that relate to the data visualizations. We can also use this space to add more root cause analysis especially if we decide to focus on visualizing criminal justice indicators.